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TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1976
SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME FOR STUDENTS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTING THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS IN ORGANISING ANOTHER SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS.
MISS ROSE LAU, THE DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS OFFICER, SAID TODAY THAT THE RESPONSE FROM FIRMS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS MOST ENCOURAGING INDEED,
IN 1974 WHEN THE SCHEME WAS FIRST STARTED, 58 PUPILS BENEFITTED. LAST YEAR ANOTHER 78 PUPILS WORKED IN HOSPITALS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ACCOUNTING FIRMS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
MISS LAU, WHO IS SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS, SAID: +1 AM MOST WILLING TO CALL ON MANAGERS OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONCERNS TO GIVE THEM DETAILS OF THE SCHEME.+ MISS LAU CAN BE CONTACTED AT TEL. 5-778311 EXT. 157.
BASICALLY THE SCHEME INVOLVES FORM 5 STUDENTS BEING ATTACHED TO A PLACE OF WORK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE FEEL+ OF THE WORK PLACE, TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIALS AND THUS TO BRING PURPOSEFUL DIRECTION TO THEIR STUDIES AND CAREER AMBITIONS.
IN A CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE MANAGEMENT OF MORE THAN 50 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONCERNS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS, MR. JACLAND LAI, APPEALED TO THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION SINCE THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME DEPENDED VERY MUCH ON THEIR RESPONSE.
MR. LAI SAID: +WE REALISE THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DEVOTE BOTH TIME AND ENERGY TO THIS PROJECT, BUT WE FEEL THAT. WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, A SCHEME OF THIS NATURE WILL BE INVALUABLE TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE HOPE THAT YOU, AS WELL, MAY BENEFIT FROM THIS EXPERIMENT.+
MR. LAI, WHO IS THE CAREERS MASTER OF THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, ASKED THE MANAGEMENTS TO COMPLETE AND RETURN BY THE END OF THIS MONTH THE FORMS WHICH HE SENT TO THEM.
HE ENVISAGED THAT THIS SUMMER'S SCHEME WOULD COMMENCE IN JULY.
+WE FEEL THAT IF THE STUDENTS ARE TO BENEFIT FROM THE SCHEME, A PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES CONSISTING OF AN INDUCTION PERIOD OF SPECIAL INTRODUCTION AND A PERIOD OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE DRAWN UP IN ADVANCE, MR. LAI SAID.
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